Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pinta

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spindaz, compare Middle High German spint (“fat, lard, sapwood”) and Dutch spint (spinthout (“sapwood”)). Alternatively (but less likely) from Proto-Finno-Permic *pinta, if related to Moksha понда (ponda, “body”), Erzya пондакш (pondakš, “shaggy”), Udmurt педло (pedlo, “out”).

Noun

*pinta

1. surface
2. sapwood
3. fat

Inflection

Inflection of *pinta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pinta	*pindat
accusative		*pindan	*pindat
genitive		*pindan	*pintadën *pintoidën
partitive		*pintada	*pintoida
inessive		*pindassa *pindahna	*pindoissa *pindoihna
elative		*pindasta	*pindoista
illative		*pintahën	*pintoihën
adessive		*pindalla	*pindoilla
ablative		*pindalta	*pindoilta
allative		*pintalën *pintalëk	*pintoilën *pintoilëk
essive		*pintana	*pintoina
translative		*pindaksi	*pindoiksi
instructive		*pindan	*pindoin
comitative		*pintanëk	*pintoinëk
abessive		*pindatta	*pindoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: pind
• Finnish: pinta
• Ingrian: pinta
• Karelian: pinta (Northern), pinda (Southern)
• Livonian: pīnda
• Livvi: pindu
• Ludian: pind
• Veps: pind
• Votic: pintõ
• → Russian: пинда (pinda)

Further reading

• “pind”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012